Joyce Ann Brown
Age: 68
Summary: longtime
advocate for prisoners who was freed following a wrongful murder
conviction and spent nearly 10 years in prisons after being convicted
in 1980 of murder and aggravated robbery, but who was released after it
was revealed that prosecutors had failed to inform defense lawyers that
a woman who claimed Brown had confessed to her was a convicted
prejurer, and who then founded Mothers (Fathers) for Advancement of
Social Systems, Inc. a non-profit group that helps former prison
inmates.
Cause of Death: Massive heart attack and stroke
Born: February 12, 1947
Died: June 13, 2015
Location: Dallas, Texas
